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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Forest of Dean District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,537 approved · 668 refused · 368 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jul 2004 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Wyvern Lodge Woolaston Grange Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PP
Received 27 Nov 2020Sun Cottage Park Hill Lane The Chase Woolaston Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6PT
Received 27 Nov 2020Medland Orchard Road The Scarr Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1DQ
Received 27 Nov 2020Baynham Cottage High Street Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1BS
Received 25 Nov 202035 Church Street Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1AA
Received 23 Nov 2020The Malt House/General Stores Mill End Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0HP
Received 18 Nov 2020Wishing Well Cottage Huntley Manor Newent Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HQ
Received 30 Nov 2020Wishing Well Cottage Huntley Manor Newent Lane Huntley Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3HQ
Received 30 Nov 2020Wych Hazel Cottage Blakeney Hill Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4BN
Received 30 Nov 20205 Cross Farm Close Aylburton Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 6EB
Received 30 Nov 2020Brownings Awre Newnham Gloucestershire GL14 1EJ
Received 30 Nov 202036 Sutton Road Soudley Cinderford Gloucestershire GL14 2TX
Received 30 Nov 2020Woodview New Road Mitcheldean Gloucestershire GL17 0BX
Received 30 Nov 2020Land East Of Par Four Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 30 Nov 2020Land East Of Par Four Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 30 Nov 2020Land East Of Par Four Lane Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 30 Nov 2020Land Adjacent To Hartpury Village Hall Over Old Road Hartpury GL19 3BJ
Received 30 Nov 2020Redhill Farm Upleadon Newent Gloucestershire GL18 1HJ
Received 30 Nov 2020Land To West Of Rodley Manor Way/ Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 30 Nov 2020Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 30 Nov 2020Land Between Lydney Bypass And Highfield Road Highfield Road Lydney Gloucestershire
Received 30 Nov 2020Marys Lodge Formerly Known As Crossways Bungalow Staunton Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 8NS
Received 1 Dec 2020Hartpury House (Hartpury College) Hartpury Gloucester Gloucestershire GL19 3BE
Received 1 Dec 2020Millend House Millend Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4ED
Received 2 Dec 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Forest of Dean District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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